cover story

noun

: a story accompanying a magazine-cover illustration

Examples of cover story in a Sentence

The magazine recently did a cover story on diabetes.
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In 2010, in a series of cover stories for Tehelka, Ayyub tied Modi’s closest adviser, Amit Shah, to a sensational crime. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Lux publicly came out as a trans woman in a cover story for Spanish-language Ya magazine. Sharareh Drury, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025 During last week’s The Hollywood Reporter cover story, Ramsey elaborated on their feelings about parting ways (in the workplace, at least) with Pascal. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025 The Facts: Trump is referring to a 35-minute interview TIME conducted with Biden in June 2024 for a cover story. Leslie Dickstein, Time, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover story

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cover story was in 1948

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“Cover story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20story. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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